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The angiopietin-1-Tie2 pathway prevents rather than promotes pulmonary arterial hypertension in transgenic mice.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 28 Sept 2009
Kugathasan Lakshmi, Ray Julie Basu, Deng Yupu, Rezaei Effat, Dumont Daniel J, Stewart Duncan J
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The role of the angiopoietin-1 (Ang1)-Tie2 pathway in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is controversial. Although Ang1 is well known to prevent endothelial activation and injury in systemic vascular beds, this pathway has been suggested to mediate pulmonary vascular remod...
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